Secret Service Pre-Planned Party at Colombian Hotel — ABC News' Reena Ninan, Christine Romo and Mary Bruce Report: — CARTAGENA, Colombia — Secret Service officials planning a wild night of fun in Colombia did some of their own advanced work last week, booking a party space at the Hotel Caribe …

Source: Ousted Secret Service agent plans to sue — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — (CBS News) One of the Secret Service agents who has been forced out of his job is already planning a lawsuit, a congressional aide told CBS News after Mark Sullivan, the agency's director, briefed lawmakers Wednesday night.

Big Lead With Women Gives Obama An Edge On Romney, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Christie, Rubio, Ryan Top GOP Running Mate List — President Barack Obama holds a thin 46 - 42 percent lead over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today.

The coming conservative landslide — Wishful liberals and Chicken Little conservatives who watch the weekly fluctuations in the presidential polls have concluded that President Obama is a shoo-in for re-election. They point out that Mitt Romney, the likely Republican nominee …

Marco Rubio Says He Would Turn Down VP Slot If Asked — Sen. Marco Rubio said today he would decline any offer from Mitt Romney to be a part of the GOP ticket this fall. — “I don't want to be the vice president,” the Florida Republican said during an interview with Major Garrett of the National Journal.

Sarkozy Re-election Bid in Trouble — PARIS — The candidate — energetic, bold, indefatigable — is confident, sure he will win, pulling energy from his big crowds. — “Take your destiny in your hands!” Nicolas Sarkozy shouted to the 100,000 or so who came to the Place de la Concorde for him last Sunday.

What Newt Gingrich Lost by Running for President — His almost certainly failed campaign for the Republican nomination leaves his stature diminished — and his empire in shambles. — LANCASTER, Penn. — Newt Gingrich has gotten noticeably fatter over the course of his campaign.

Romney's Cookie Comment Bites Back — In a campaign stop Tuesday outside Pittsburgh, Mitt Romney made what many locals considered a tasteless remark about cookies from a local landmark bakery. … Mr. Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, met with four couples …

Leon Panetta: U.S. ‘within an inch of war’ — Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said Wednesday that the United States was “within an inch of war almost every day” in the region around North Korea. — “We're within an inch of war almost every day in that part of the world …

Raese: Smoking regs like Hitler's Jewish star — Lots of Senate candidates rail against onerous government regulations. But West Virginia Republican John Raese , who's looking to knock off Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, took it to another level recently at the Putnam County Lincoln Day dinner.

OWS Celebrates Holocaust Day w/ Antisemitic Cartoons — To give them their due, there are a lot of people in the comments pissed off about the picture. But, there are also 43 likes and 59 people sharing the photo (as of this writing). — So, is this a one-offer that we who already …

The Business of Ending a Presidential Campaign — Hours after dropping out of the presidential race this month, Rick Santorum fired off an e-mail to supporters asking for “one more” contribution: “I am planning to do everything in my power to bring a change about in the White House,” he wrote.

Obama: 'I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth' — ELYRIA, Ohio — President Obama took his economic argument on the road Wednesday, declaring at a community college in hard-hit manufacturing country that his commitment to workforce training programs — programs, he said …

K Street and Tea Party again fight for soul of GOP — Former Sen. Trent Lott looks on prior to the first of three presidential debates before the 2008 election on Sept. 26, 2008 at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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